messy pacman

pacman shows this:

:: Synchronizing package databases...
downloading catalyst.db...
downloading xorg112.db...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/catalyst.db: Unrecognized archive format
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/xorg112.db: Unrecognized archive format
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
:: The following packages should be upgraded first :
pacman
:: Do you want to cancel the current operation
:: and upgrade these packages now? [Y/n] error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/catalyst.db: Unrecognized archive format
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/xorg112.db: Unrecognized archive format
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: package-query: requires pacman<4.1

What is going on? Why is unrecognized? (I have already deleted those files and downloaded them again)

Re: messy pacman

What do you have in your /etc/pacman.conf? On a related note (kind of), do some searching. The conflict with package-query is extremely well-documented and has been discussed to death already on the BBS.

All the best,

-HG

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